Ableton Forum

For Live 5.2.2:
1) CPU Meter - 20%
2) Desktop, MSI P965 Neo Motherboard
3) Operating System - Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
4) CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz
5) Ram - 2 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard - E-mu 0404
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200rpm

For Live 6.01:
1) CPU Meter - 11% Dual core support on,
18-20% with Dual core off

lowmax wrote:Live 6

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 15-16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook Pro
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2.16ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Stock
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

?????

How the hell? My 2.0 Ghz gives me 28%
what's yer secret?

the 7200 rpm HD?

just a guess

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 19-20%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook Pro 15"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2.16ghz C2D
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - MOTU Ultralte
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400rpm

running live 6.01...
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 19% stock .... 16%!!!! with Echo Mona PCMCIA!!!!! whoa!
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Toshiba Tecra M7 TABLET PC Laptop (same as r25) has intel gma 950 integrated graphics...
3) Operating System - Windows VISTA RC2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel Core Duo 1.66GHZ
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 1.5 GB SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Stock at 19% Echo Mona PCMCIA at 16%
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 5400rpm

Looks like Vista is smoking Osx as I am getting same or better results with a 1.66 core1duo than a 2.16 core2duo on osx?!?!?!?!?!?
also, I am using the stock video and audio drivers now... with vista rc2 everything is much faster.. no need to roll back to old video drivers.. they are getting things tightened up for the november release and everything is working like butter out of the box... Wow, and to think I will be dropping in a 2.33 core2duo when they get in the 400 dollar range... should be in the low teens percentile by then... the toshibas and many pc laptops can be easily upgraded to core2duo.. just drop it in...

to meatfestival... sounds like you have a mismatched audio driver.. try to download the latest from the manufacturer...[/b]

That's too funny. Looks like veggieryan was just waiting for you Tarekith!

live 6.01:

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 22-24%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook 13"
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2Ghz Core Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - MOTU Traveller
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

not too bad i guess.

With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 17-18%
2) Laptop/Desktop MacBookPro
3) Operating System osx4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed 2.33 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2 GB MHz DDR2 sdram
6) Soundcard Motu Traveler
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 5400 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D

with built in soundcard meter is 18-19%

Live 5.02

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 38-43
2) Laptop/Desktop: Compaq Presario M2000 Laptop
3) Operating System: XP home
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: Celeron M 1.3 Ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram: 1 GB
6) Soundcard : Stock (ASIO 4All drivers)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 4200 RPM

Wow I am impressed with this machine. I purchased it a year and a half ago just to use it for music (no internet!). I only paid $450 for it with rebates, it was the least expensive laptop I had seen. About 5 months later I upgraded the laptop I use for the internet to a G4 1.3. I was considering using the Mac for music since the two main music apps I use are cross platform. Based on this test, I am glad I didn't make that mistake. I love OSX but didn't know the pre-intel CPUs were so slow.

live 6.0.1


1) 16% (peak - dual core activated)
2) self built PC
3) win xp pro sp2
4) amd x2 4800+ 2.4GHz dual core socket 939
5) 2GB / 400MHz
6) Audiophile (FireWire)
7) 10000rpm SATA x2 (RAID level 0)

I can't wait to test that on Vista, if rumors are true, must be even better.

Cheers

Ableton Live 6.01 demo mode.

1) 19 % @ 512 sample buffer, 18% @ 2048 sample buffer
2) 17" iMac Core Duo
3) OSX 10.4.8
4) Intel Core Duo 1.83
5) 1.5 gig DDR2 667
6) Toneport UX2 (usb)
7) 7200 RMP stock drive


not too bad. I was suprised to find such a small difference between buffer settings. If I lowered the buffer down below 512, I got it to about 200 before breakup, and at that point the meter was at 25%.

running live 6.0.1...

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter - 11% (withOUT multiprocessor support = 19%)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Dell XPS 410 Desktop
3) Operating System - Windows XP Pro SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @2.66GHZ
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 4GB DDR2 SDRAM @667MHz
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - M-Audio Firewire 410
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

man i think i nneed to upgrade from my ibook g4
for now ill max out thee ram til i sell enough tracks to buy something better.

Finally I have made the test

Ableton Live 6.01 demo mode.

1) 13 % @ 512 sample buffer, 11% @ 2048 sample buffer
2) MacPro 2ghz / 3gig ram / Yamaha 01x
3) OSX 10.4.8

see ya

Fil

glitchrock-buddha wrote:

lowmax wrote:Live 6

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 15-16%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Apple MacBook Pro
3) Operating System - OSX 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel 2.16ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 2 GB 667 SDRAM
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - Stock
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200rpm

?????

How the hell? My 2.0 Ghz gives me 28%
what's yer secret?

Its a mac book pro, so its a dual core.